Donovan Duran’s Facebook page still lists him as a “full-time MMA fighter.” But right now, his main battle is against the La Junta Police Department. Duran was paralyzed after being slammed to the ground by cops last December. He’s now filed a lawsuit against the police department over the incident,…
During the summer of 2014, we told you about the arrest of Kelsy Newell-Skinner. She told authorities she awoke after heavy drinking to find her baby daughter, Natalee Skinner-Hurst, horribly beaten. The baby, who was just two months old, died from her injuries. Now, Newell-Skinner has entered a guilty plea…
Whisper is a social networking app where anonymous users post messages over an image, meme-style. And because the site is searchable, visitors can focus on locations (like, for instance, Colorado) and check out conversations that are frequently as spicy — picking up and hooking up are frequent topics — as they…
At first, Carbondale’s Arturo Navarrete-Portillo said he didn’t know why he’d used a machete to kill his wife, Maria Carminda Portillo-Amaya. But he says he knows now. In court this week, Navarrete-Portillo maintained that jealousy over another man’s sexual superiority drove him to commit the horrific act. “She said the other…
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Good to Know Colorado campaign endeavors to educate folks about the effects of marijuana — although the focus is typically on its dangers. For instance, Good to Know’s latest effort sketches out the risks of cannabis use by pregnant and breastfeeding women. But…
We recently re-shared a vintage post featuring ten things you need to know before moving to Colorado Springs. It’s the kind of item that tends to inspire those with negative thoughts toward the state’s second largest city. As such, we figured that the following reader, who identifies himself as being…
In case you missed it…. At Westword Arts, Lauren Archuleta hips you to the ten best spots in Denver for Father’s Day gifts that won’t break the bank — including unusual picks such as Tymkovich Meats. Colorado Peak Politics is psyched about Donald Trump’s decision to address the Western Conservative Summit. Mile High…
On Monday Denver City Council approved a short-term rental bill 11-2 largely out of respect for the two years it took to craft the ordinance, which was spearheaded by council member Mary Beth Susman. The bill legalizes and taxes STRs in Denver’s residential neighborhoods and requires operators to get a business license…
Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips was as responsible as anyone for the Denver Broncos’ Super Bowl win this past February. So he richly deserved the Super Bowl ring he was awarded during a ceremony on Sunday. Too bad his name on it was misspelled. Actually, it would have been spelled correctly…
In October 2014, we reported not once but twice about allegations that Casey Nocket had defaced a Rocky Mountain National Park, the Colorado National Monument and a number of other federally protected locations. The evidence was at least partly provided by her. She shared images of her “art” on a now-deleted Instagram…
As we’ve reported, authorities arrested Tanner Flores, eighteen, after recovering a body that’s been positively identified as Ashley Doolittle, a Berthoud eighteen-year-old — and his former girlfriend. Now, an affidavit in the case is revealing new and disturbing details about the circumstances of Doolittle’s death. The document maintains that Flores…
Lately, we’ve reported about a slew of disturbing crimes, including a triple killing on an early June weekend that saw plenty of other violence, plus a series of sex assaults at DU. Against this backdrop comes Wallethub’s list of the safest states in the country — and Colorado’s ranking is pretty dispiriting…
According to the father of Jubal Dee Alexander, the murder of his son in Texas was horrific in and of itself. But the circumstances surrounding the crime have compounded the pain. Alexander’s body was found inside his truck, but not his head. He’d been decapitated — and at this writing, the…
Marijuana laws in America vary widely from state to state — and they shift so frequently that keeping up can be a challenge. That’s why a new marijuana policies map is so helpful. Developed by Frontier Financials and CannaRegs.com under the auspices of the National Cannabis Industry Association, the interactive online…
We recently shared a jeremiad from a Colorado transplant fed up with “elitist” natives. In it, he stressed that he didn’t move to the state for marijuana and said he’d like to feed the next native who gets up in his grill a “buffet of dicks.” This topic has been…
In case you missed it…. At Westword Food & Drink, Jonathan Shikes builds off this provocative statement: “The Colorado Brewers Guild, which has represented the interests of the state’s craft breweries for the past twenty years, has imploded in the face of a rapidly changing industry.” Mile High Report’s Tim Lynch…
If Denver City Council passes a controversial short-term rental bill tonight, “STRs” would be legalized, but only if they operate out of a renters’ primary residence. Any operating out of secondary properties would get the ax. The legislation would also impose lodging taxes on STRs and would require hosts to…
In recent weeks, we’ve been reporting about victims who drowned in Colorado waterways. Included among them were Jacob and Daniel Foreman, two young brothers who drowned in the Little Thompson River. Now comes a bizarre twist on this theme. A report about a family in danger of drowning after a…
“Twice in a week,” marijuana activist Wayward Bill wrote late last night on his Facebook page. “Siege situation at mi casa.” Specifically, officers with the Denver Police Department got into a gun battle with a man who allegedly opened fire on them near the intersection of 20th and Arapahoe. He…
It’s going to be a loooong night for the Denver City Council this evening, with a packed agenda and at least two hot-button items scheduled for final consideration that have provoked considerable comment from neighborhood groups. The first is an ordinance for the licensing and regulation of short-term rentals, an…
In recent years, the Denver Police Department has regularly used its Facebook page to share what are essentially dumb criminal stories — tales of scofflaws busted for minor offenses or less serious crimes, often due to their own stupidity. We published our first roundup of DPD dumb criminal stories in…
Yesterday afternoon, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office made official the worst fears of Ashley Doolittle’s friends, family and loved ones. On Friday, June 10, following reports that Doolittle had gone missing the evening before, Tanner Flores, her former boyfriend, was arrested in unincorporated Mesa County with the body of “a young…
